| Description |
1 online resource : illustrations, maps |
| Series |
Oxford studies in ancient documents |
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Oxford studies in ancient documents.
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| Contents |
Introduction: the epigraphy of Ptolemaic Egypt / Alan Bowman, Charles Crowther -- Imaging inscriptions: the Kingston Lacy Obelisk / Jane Masséglia -- Beyond Rosetta: multilingual inscriptions, the antiquities trade, and the decipherment of Egyptian scripts / Rachel Mairs -- Greek texts on Egyptian monuments / Willy Clarysse -- The epigraphy of the 'Greek cities' / Alan Bowman -- Religious life in Ptolemaic Alexandria under the royal aegis: an overview of the epigraphic evidence / Kyriakos Savvopoulos -- Foundation deposits from third-century BC Egypt / Dorothy J. Thompson -- Hellenistic sacred dedications: the view from Egypt / Supratik Baralay -- Soldiers in the epigraphy of Ptolemaic Egypt / Christelle Fischer-Bovet -- Inscriptions and papyri: two intersecting worlds / Willy Clarysse -- Epigraphic habits of private associations in the Ptolemaic chora / Paganini Mario C. D. -- The corpus of Ptolemaic inscriptions: the metrical texts / Simon Hornblower -- The palaeography of Ptolemaic inscriptions from Egypt / Charles Crowther |
| Summary |
"The book contains twelve chapters, by various authors, discussing aspects of the Greek and Egyptian bilingual and trilingual inscriptions from Egypt during the Ptolemaic period, from the conquest by Alexander the Great (332 BC) to the death of Kleopatra VII (30 BC). It is intended as a complement to the publication of the full texts, with up-to-date commentaries and images, of about 650 inscriptions on stone. These include major decrees of priestly colleges, such as the Rosetta Stone, and a great variety of religious and secular monuments from the whole of Egypt, from Alexandria to Philae. The subjects covered include the latest technologies for digital imaging of stone inscriptions, the character of Egyptian monuments with Greek text, the survival and collection of bilingual monuments in the nineteenth century through excavation and the antiquities trade, religious dedications from Alexandria and elsewhere, the civic government of Greek foundations and public associations, the role of the military in public epigraphy, verse epigrams, onomastics, and palaeography. Overall, the collection offers a comprehensive review of the social, religious, and cultural context of the great inscribed monuments of the Ptolemaic dynasty which are key sources for understanding the coexistence of two different cultures and the impact of Ptolemaic rule and Greek immigration in Egypt"--Publisher's description |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Notes |
Description based on online resource; title from web page (Oxford Scholarship Online, viewed on December 11, 2020) |
| Subject |
Ptolemaic dynasty, 305-30 B.C.
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| SUBJECT |
Ptolemaic dynasty, 305-30 B.C. fast |
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Inscriptions, Egyptian.
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Inscriptions, Greek.
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Inscriptions, Egyptian
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Inscriptions, Greek
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| SUBJECT |
Egypt -- History -- 332-30 B.C. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85041288
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| Subject |
Egypt
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| Genre/Form |
History
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Informational works.
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Documents d'information.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Bowman, Alan K., editor.
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Crowther, C. V., editor.
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| ISBN |
9780191899010 |
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0191899011 |
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9780191899027 |
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019189902X |
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9780191890598 |
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0191890596 |
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